The Arizona champion., 1887-02-19
,orrespondence of the CHAMPION.

slowly on account of the number of ! members who are sick. Five m.em- bers of the council have been lad up and more than double that number of the house. It has been harvest for the Prescott doctors and the drug stores have been nearly cleaned out.
 The fight on Frisco county up to the present time IS quiet but deter mined. The bill remains in the same position with the Gila and Maricopa bills and il is not likely it will be ta- ken up for several days ye: as some of its friends are under the weather and unable to attend to business and Flu gene Trippel, of Gila, who is strongly interested in the proposed county changes, is unable to attend the ses- sioLs of the legislature, as he is con- valescing after severe dose of in- dammatory rheumatism. Ashurst is working very determinedly for his Frisco county bill, and he is one of those fighters who when he once gets grip will never let go until he has won his fight or irretrievably lost it. l think the prospects for carrying the bill are more promising now than they were week ago. Eugene Trippel has worked very faithfully in our inter- ests. He is as prominent leader as can be found in the assembly and every measure that he has championed up to this time has been a success. Captain Watkins, as you know, is one ot the most earnest advocates of the measure, He is great big hearted, able man on whom the people of this territory ought to be proud to confer any honor in their gift.
 The bill to abolish the office of commissioner of immigration, has re- ceived its quietus in the council. The governor and his henchmen managed to get their work in effectively in killing it, although It had passei the house by the enormous majority of a2 to I. Rumor now says that "Zu- ly" will not appoint Tommy to this office on account of the almost uni versal opposition to him from all parts of the territory, but that an en- deavor will be made to get him ap- pointed clerk of the supreme court under the new Missouri chief justice.
 Speaker Webb has brought in a bill into the house cutting down the ap- 2ropriation for the immigration office and as this may pass perhaps that Is another reason tor the supposed change of base in the disposal of Tommy.
 Col. Eddy's saloon regulation meas ure, which was introduced by Mir. Ashurst and provided that no saloon should do business within one mile of any construction camp on the Min. eral Belt road, has been returned by the committee to which it was re- ferred and made general, applying to all such camps within the territory. Its passage was recommended and in all probability it will become law.
 A curious thing occurred in the council. On Monday the whole penal code was killed during wordy squab- bic between the members. Judge An derson was nearly broken hearted over the mistake, but the next morn- ing the matter was reconsidered and the code straightened out and saved.
 Robertson's bill, amending the act encouraging the destruction of wild animals was lost by tie vote In the council, but another bill for the same purpose with some slight notifications will be introduced into the house. frippell, of Gila, having already giv- en notice to that effect. Blinn's county court bill having been killed the existing status of such courts re main unaffected. Another bill that has met with decapitation is Divers house bill providing for the employ ment of court commissioners to be empowered to act in the absence of district judges at salary of sIo per day. This amounted simply to offer ing the judges premium to be dila- tory in their business at the expense of rhe people. The measure was re- dlculous and met the fate 1t deserved.
 The late commissioners of Apache county, Pedro Montana, F. A. Hub bell and co. Howe have got them selves into an awkward predicament. It seems there was appropriated the sum of SIz,ooo in territorial bonds, the proceeds of which were to be used Tn repairing certain roads in Apache